Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 15 at 11:57PM EDT until March 16 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL GRANT KENTON MASON PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Wind Advisory issued March 15 at 9:34PM EDT until March 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph becoming west southwest.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
33° 33° Mon 36° Mon 36° chance 18° 18° chance Tue 28° Tue 28°
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Obituaries on April 3rd, 2013
Thomas J. Froning, 95, Minster, died at 6:18 p.m. April 1, 2013, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital. [More]
Donald E. Krall, 76, Van Wert, died at 4:30 a.m. April 2, 2013, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. [More]
Glen "Grinny" Fox, 89, Celina, died April 2, 2013.
Services are pending at Ci [More]
Kim Reane Heppeard Alexander, 55, Mount Vernon, passed away the morning of March 30, 2013, at Knox Community Hospital. [More]
James Rosengarten, 65, Montezuma, died Tuesday in Lima.
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Stories on April 3rd, 2013
School board plans cuts if May levy fails
ST. MARYS - Students at St. Marys City Schools will pay to participate in extracurricular activities next year if a proposed levy fails at the May 7 primary election. [More]
Lake Campus
CELINA - A tornado siren is the latest addition to the bustling Wright State University-Lake Campus.
The siren - located at the entrance to the ca
Judges given latitude in setting prison terms for first-time offenders
A new law gives Ohio's judges more discretion to impose a prison sentence for first-time, low-level offenders.
Ohio Senate Bill 160 allows judges t
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Commissioners are taking another swing at building a new dog kennel after bids came in $100,000 over estimate in 2011.
CELINA - A solar electricity plant located on 30 acres of city land off Meyer Road has been producing and delivering power as expected.
"It has bee [More]
MONTEZUMA - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday extended the payback period of a $24,600 loan owed by the cash-strapped county airport.
A memora
MINSTER - With painting contractors scheduled to arrive in May, village officials still have not decided what type of lettering to use on the village water tower.
MINSTER - Electric substation work, designed to boost reliability, received the go-ahead from village council members Tuesday night.
Unanimous approval was given to proceed with engineering work for the south substation project by MK Power Solutions of Findlay at a cost of $112,500.
COLUMBUS (AP) - Ohio's natural resources agency said Tuesday it met the second of two court-ordered deadlines to speed up compensation to landowners for losses from flooding near Ohio's largest inland lake.
A Celina man was sentenced to prison March 27 in Mercer County Common Pleas Court while his wife received community control sanctions for heroin-related cases.
ROCKFORD - Village employees will begin working 10-hour days to catch up on projects that have been delayed.
Village administrator Jeff Long told council members on Tuesday the weather has prevented workers from beginning spring projects. He plans to have crews work 10-hour days through April.
CELINA - The Celina Merchant Association on Tuesday discussed ways to attract merchants to sidewalk sales during the July Lake Festival.
A meeting
CELINA - The Celina softball team debunked one softball myth in their season opener on Tuesday afternoon at Eastview Park - the one that states pitch [More]
MARIA STEIN - Arik Fickert threw five innings of three-hit baseball and Celina got the offense rolling early, but the Bulldogs had to hold off a late Marion Local rally to post a 9-7 win over the Flyers on Tuesday in Maria Stein.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina's boys tennis team opened the home portion of their schedule with a 3-2 win over Lima Central Catholic on Tuesday at the Booster Club Tennis Complex.
Local pictures on April 3rd, 2013